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Lord Justice Irwin said the teenagers took a break at a nearby restaurant and then dragged the girl into an alley where she was orally raped.

The court heard how one of the youths had tried to stick up for her but was "beaten by the group into submission".

The sentences were cut on Wednesday (December 13)

The victim was threatened with being stabbed and gang-raped if she didn't do as she was told.

The judge said: "These events were of the most shocking and terrifying nature.

"This girl was profoundly shocked and there have been long-term effects."

The judge decided the pair's punishments were too harsh giving their youth, describing Sharman, who was 15 at the time of the attack, as of "borderline" intelligence, playing a lesser role in the attacks.